2017 is right up there with 2016 when it comes to world-changing breakthroughs in anti-aging research. For those who don’t know, Professor Yoshinori Ohsumi won the 2016 Nobel Prize for his work on autophagy, which is a whole other topic in itself. This time, scientists at the University of Exeter have found a new way to […]

This year’s heavy floods come again after monsoons hit the islands and took 15 drowning casualties in Thailand. A further one million have been affected by flooding in the country’s deep south, authorities said Tuesday (Dec 5). The monsoon rains that started late last month have inundated eight provinces and hit hundreds of thousands of […]

A new study published in the journal Lancet suggests that higher carbohydrate intake is associated with a higher risk of mortality, while a high fat intake with a lower risk. It was conducted by an international team of scientists who studied the cases of more than 135,000 people and their diets between 35 and 70 […]

Jacob Tremblay was a young car enthusiast from Toronto who considered himself a true “gearhead”. Whenever he wasn’t working or hanging out with his friends, he was busy writing blog posts about cars. Having heard that Alfa Romeo delivered its first batch of Stelvio SUV model, he decided to visit a local car dealership. “I […]

The self-declared Republic of Somaliland in the Horn of Africa announced its independence from the rest of Somalia in May 1991, and has been searching for recognition in vain since then. Now, human rights activists and the developed world rejoice in their next step towards normalization – rape is finally outlawed, via a newly introduced […]

A politician in Brazil was physically and verbally assaulted, supposedly by a group of left-wing protesters. Her wedding guests were harrased over her family’s support for President Michel Temer. The politician is Maria Victoria Barros, only 25 years old, and she’s a member of the state assembly in Parana. The seemingly nepotistic part of the […]

Leah Smith is a successful footwear model who works with famous photographers in Vancouver where she lives. But despite her beauty and success, her ex-boyfriend hockey player [name omitted] let his desires take the steering wheel when he cheated on her with a 10-year younger model. Naturally, she was hurt – but she was also […]

The embassy in Knightsbridge has now finally and officially granted Assange full Ecuadorean citizenship. A “well-placed” source at the Ecuador embassy where the Australian-born asylum seaker has been holed up for the past 5 years told The International Business Times that local staff have repeatedly complained about Assange’s poor hygiene. Ecuador’s foreign minister has announced […]

The 50-year-old Instagram celebrity Gianluca Vacchi, who got rich through inheritance, is having to see his yacht and some of his villas seized by the bank over a €10 Million debt! The millionaire got famous for flaunting his hedonistic lifestyle on Instagram and posting borderline inappropriate videos of him dancing in swimwear. Pictures of his daily activities […]

Twenty or more years after landmines were banned by the Ottawa Treaty, 29 previously mined countries have been cleared out or in the process of defusing. But despite having more than two decades of clearing, there are still millions of buried deathtraps in more than 50 nations. Some mines are constructed from plastic materials to […]